Hat-guard.



0. A. DANIELSON.

HAT GUARD. APPLIOATION FILED JUNE 9, 1908.

Patented Mafy 11, 1909.

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- UNITED'STATES PATENT-UFFKJCE.

OSCAR ALVIN nANI-ELsoN, on NEW YORK, n.

" HAT-GUARD.

To all whom it may-comm: I

Be it known that I, Oscar; ALV'IN DANIEL- SON, a citizen "of the United States of America, residing at New York city, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hat-Guards,'of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawing.

This invention relates to those tell-tale devicesfor mens hats'used for the purpose of notifying a person who takes another s hatby mistake, myobje'ct being to provide a device 'of the kind which will not mar the appearance of the hat n'orincrease its weight or interfere with the comfort of the wearer when the hat is upon the head.

To this end my invention consists in the peculiar features andcombinations of parts morefully described hereinafter and pointed out in the claims. i I

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1' represents a sectional view through the line it .rof Fig. 3, and through the side of the crown of a hat to which my device is applied.

In this view the device is shown folded up behind the hat-band and out of use. Fig. 2 is a similar view showing the notifier openedand set-for Work. Fig. 3 is a view of the back of my device detached from a hat and in closed adjustment, and Fig. 4, a front view of the same.

To illustrate the application of my notilier and its use, I have shown it applied to an ordinary derby hat 1, provided with the usual sweat-band 2.

3 represents a flat baselate adapted to be secured to the inside 0' the sweat-band 2, by means of sharp-pointed teeth or lugs 4, formed at intervals around the outer edge 5 of saidplate. These fastening teeth are made by simply cutting converging slits in the edge of the plate so that the intervening metal can be bent up at right-angles to the plane of the plate in position to be pushed through the leather composing the hatband, and clenched down upon the opposite side thereof. By this construction of the fastening lugs or teeth, my device can be applied easily and quickly to a hat-band with the hands alone and without tools or the necessity of looking them up. 1 A further advantage lies in the fact that the plate can be made of thin sheet metal such as tin, brass, German silver, or other like material, where- Specification of Le tters iatent.

Patented may 1 '1, 1 '909.

amiieaeen tied-June 9, 1908. Serial No. 437,525.

by the device will not take up enough room beneath the bandto be felt or noticed.

6 is a prop formed out of the same kind of thin sheet metal. This pro-p has an elongated straight portion 7, the upper end of which is provided with a handle 8 and shoulders 9. Between the handle and the shoulders, two oppositely disposed recesses 10 are cut out to receive a 1 air of pliable lugs 11 which pass through tlie recesses and are folded down back of the prop loosely enough to form a hinged joint between the prop and baseeplat-e, whereby the prop may be opened and closed.

A vertical recess 13, sufficiently large to receive the prop when folded and closed, is pro vided in the'b'a'seplate to permit the two parts to nest and thereby take up as little room as possible. In applying the device to a hat, the base plateshould be secured to the sweat-ba1rd in such a position that it will allow the hinge-joint to come 0 posite the upper edge of the band, and wlen so secured all that is necessary to be done in order to setthe notifier in position to be felt by ones head, is to reach in the hat and slipping a fingerbehind the handle 8, pull the latter outward and downward. This action unfolds the prop 'and when the finger is released from the handle the retractile force or elasticity of the band will force the inner end of the prop 6 against the side of the hat crownand hold the band and the handle out in position to'interfere with putting on the hat, and give the desired notice.

It will be observed that my device lies wholly within or behind the sweat-band in contradistinction to those notifiers which are fastened to and hang over or lie outside of the sweat-band.

The form herein shown and described is only one of many that could be employed in carrying out the particular object of my invention, and it is obvious that the main features could be widely varied without departing from the scope and spirit of my device.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is: g 1. A tell-tale attachment for hats, which attachment consists of a folding and unfolding device secured to lie between the hatcrown and sweat-band and serving to bulge out the sweat-band at times so as to form an obstruction for the head.

2. A tell-tale attachment for hats, which attachment consists of hinged members constituting a folding and unfolding device lying within. the sweatband, which device serves at times to bulge the sweat-band out to form an obstruction for the head but when folded allows the band to be returned to its original position.

3. A tell-tale attachment for the inside of hats, which attachment consists of a folding prop located wholly within the sweat-band, and serving as a prop to push out and hold the sweat-band in obstructing position at the hat-crown at times for the purpose of providing an obstruction to the entrance of the head, substantially as described.

6. A device wholly behind and within the sweat-band and located at a single point, which. device is provided with means for bulging out the sweat-band so as to enable it to form an obstruction for the head at certain times, and likewise allows the band to be returned to its original position. out of the way of the head at other times.

7. A tell-tale-attachment for the inside of tion, the prop thus furnished being retained in its pus led out position against the body of the hat by the elasticity of the sweat-band.

E). A tell-tale attachment for hats, consisting of hinged members, one of which is secured to the hat, and the other of which lies closely confined between the sweat-band and the hat body and is adapted to be extended by pulling outwardly on the sweatband so as to serve as a prop to bulge out the sweat-band in obstructing position.

In testimony whereof I have allixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

OSCAR ALVIN DANIELSON Witnesses RHESA G. DU Bois, C. B. SoHRoEDER. 

